New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003 - Page 94

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-13-2003, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Whoa, high school? People had home ec in high school?? I had it in jr. high. One semester home ec, one semester "industrial arts." Industrial arts included both wood shop and drafting. I loved the drafting. Hated the wood part. But both of them were better than sewing or cooking in home ec -- sewing just sucked and while I liked cooking, I didn't like the group approach.

Heh, come to think of it, it was middle school. I made some OK but stupid mouse pillow, and hated cooking more than anything else. In HS further home ec was, I think, a one-semester option to IA (which I took). We did basic woodworking, wiring and glass cutting for doors and windows. I think we had to put together some mechanical thing, too, but I don't remember what. I remember I liked the band saw.

purse junkie · 10-13-2003, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I mean, FUCK, if you're going to spend $30 on shit-food for you and your date (or shitloads more when you are taking out a passel of kids), just go out to dinner first and then spend the movie holding hands. I mean, WTF???

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I just wait 'til everything comes to our local second-run movie house so as to resist temptation (not that I'm remotely tempted by 'cheez product' nachos or monster grease-glazed pretzels--just Raisinettes). This way, I am forced to have only air-popped popcorn (real butter optional) or, at worst, a latte and a really spectacular biscotti.

Viva cheap tiny-screened theaters!

pretermitted_child · 10-13-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
It is quite obvious to me now that my school system sucked. I had to do shop AND drafting AND cooking AND sewing. So fucking unfair.

Cooking AND sewing? Oh, the abomination!

In junior high school, they tricked us into taking home economics by renaming it "home and career skills." We spent most of our time learning how to write out checks properly and mocking the gracious "southern belle" mannerisms of the instructor.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-13-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Seriously, though, you'd be surprised how intimidating a raw vegetable can be to someone not prepared or equipt to deal with it.

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You know DS, and I think I speak for everyone when I say, you really should not use this board for specific complaints regarding your sex life with the Mr.

Thurgreed(equipt?)Marshall

Replaced_Texan · 10-13-2003, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I have a lot of sympathy for people buying some of the faux-healthy sounding processed shit out there ("low fat" type stuff, Boston market, etc.), but very little for people drinking soda all the time being shocked - SHOCKED! - that it isn't healthy.

Speaking of being shocked-SHOCKED!-that something wasn't as healthy as I thought it was, I recently discovered that the Rt 44 Cherry Limeade at Sonic is 454 calories. A coke of the same size is 364 calories. I was devistated when I found out how bad not ordering a coke and getting the cherry limeade instead was. I tell myself that at least I was preserving bone density. The addition of the cherry is what kills the drink (and, of course, adds to the drink). Regular limeade was only (ha) 380 calories.

BTW, when I went to verify these numbers, I googled and found a cool site called www.dietfacts.com that looks like it goes through a lot of fast food, grocery brand names, and other foods and finds out the dietary information. They even unofficially translate the food item into the weight watcher points system, and they indicate why a particular food may be bad for you (in the case of my formerly beloved Rt 44 Cherry Limeade, carbohydrates) . Very cursory look at the site, but so far it looks good.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-13-2003, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

Any commentary?

Yes. Back in the day, we used to make out or go down on each other in the theater. It is sad that kids these days just want to stuff themselves (with food).

andViolins · 10-13-2003, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by purse junkie
I just wait 'til everything comes to our local second-run movie house so as to resist temptation (not that I'm remotely tempted by 'cheez product' nachos or monster grease-glazed pretzels--just Raisinettes). This way, I am forced to have only air-popped popcorn (real butter optional) or, at worst, a latte and a really spectacular biscotti.

Viva cheap tiny-screened theaters!

I tried to bring sushi in to a movie theater when I went to see Matrix Reloaded. The movie usher dude took offense to the fact that I didn't want to pay $6.00 for a car-door sized box of sno-caps. Who the fuck would want to eat that many sno-caps? I'm good after about, um, 3. I know that theaters make a freaking killing on the food they sell, but are the margins so bad that they couldn't offer a regular size serving of ju-ju fruits?

aV

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-13-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You know DS, and I think I speak for everyone when I say, you really should not use this board for specific complaints regarding your sex life with the Mr.

Thurgreed(equipt?)Marshall

I knew someone would take the bait; I admit I am surprised it was you.

Though your increasingly transparent fascination with anything having to do with sex and the Mr. is interesting. Halle doesn't strike me as the type to act as your beard.

taxwonk · 10-13-2003, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I agree - I recently became acquainted with a room called the kitchen for that very reason. Now it's becoming obsessive, but that is to be expected from me.

But it's kind of about education as well. I can read all kinds of stuff that tells me what is good and bad to eat because I am educated and know where to look. Someone that is not educated may have no idea that he is purchasing crap. The answer is that he should educate himself but I don't think that's realistic or fair.

If you are really a beginner at the cooking game, or if you are a decent cook who wants to know more about the science and technique of cooking, I recomend you buy "I'm Just Here for the Food," by Alton Brown.

The book is broken down into chapters on various methods of cooking, e.g., braising, roasting, frying, etc. It has a few recipes, but is built more around discussion of method that can be adapted to whatever ingredients you choose. If you own one book on cooking, this should be the one.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-13-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by andViolins
are the margins so bad that they couldn't offer a regular size serving of ju-ju fruits?

Ah, I miss those. My local theater doesn't actually serve Milk Duds anymore, which should be flatly criminal. They have candy like "Hulk sours" and stuff. Whatever.

Big pockets and thought-out containers, I'm told, solve most of those "usher" problems. Though, admittedly, the most outlandish thing I've tried to sneak in is a Rite-Aid bought bag of twizzlers and a seltzer water.

purse junkie · 10-13-2003, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by andViolins
I tried to bring sushi in to a movie theater when I went to see Matrix Reloaded. The movie usher dude took offense to the fact that I didn't want to pay $6.00 for a car-door sized box of sno-caps. Who the fuck would want to eat that many sno-caps? I'm good after about, um, 3. I know that theaters make a freaking killing on the food they sell, but are the margins so bad that they couldn't offer a regular size serving of ju-ju fruits?

aV

I think it's Americans' penchant for 'getting a good deal' that we mistakenly transfer from clothes to food. When a small size of movie jujubes is already $5, and you can double the volume for just another $1, we pig out so we don't feel like we're getting ripped off quite as much.

On the plus side, they recently installed wider seats at my local theater to accommodate fast-growing audience butts--makes for much comfier relaxing for the rest of us.

robustpuppy · 10-13-2003, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
a cool site called www.dietfacts.com that ... indicate[s] why a particular food may be bad for you (in the case of my formerly beloved Rt 44 Cherry Limeade, carbohydrates) .

I refuse to look at this site. The wounds from running a report on the "Pets" category in Quicken are still too fresh.

At the risk of sounding like a 6 year old girl, I want to be a vet when I grow up.

Oh, and I want a horse for Christmas.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-13-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Though your increasingly transparent fascination with anything having to do with sex and the Mr. is interesting. Halle doesn't strike me as the type to act as your beard.

How else am I going to make the sex jokes with you? I cannot separate the two of you in my mind long enough to come up with anything funny that doesn't involve him.

TM

ltl/fb · 10-13-2003, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Yes. Back in the day, we used to make out or go down on each other in the theater. It is sad that kids these days just want to stuff themselves (with food).

Would it out you if I asked if you actually ARE Alanis Morissette?

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-13-2003, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
How else am I going to make the sex jokes with you? I cannot separate the two of you in my mind long enough to come up with anything funny that doesn't involve him.

Hmm, fair enough. He is sort of my better half.

BR(or bigger, at least)C